The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06
Letter From Boston.
FROM THE MAYFLowER TO THE HUB Bos-
TON THE FRoNT-DooR TO THE NEW
ENGLAND OF TO.DAY-BUNKER's

ENGLAND OF TO.DAY-BUNKER's
HILL MONUMENT SUPPOSED
TO BE THE KEY.
There is no denying that Boston is really
The frOnt-door to the New England of to-
day.
Time was when Plymouth Rock, Miles
Standish and the MayAower may have been
the pivotal points around which New Eng
land once revolved, but to-day the common
centre is Boston with her tareuil Hall,
Kings Chapel and old North and South
Churches and dense population so nicely
grouped by railway connection, that as it
were, mighty host are wont to open the
door in the morning and close
it behind them at eve, leaving goodly
number to guard these precious heirlooms
of the past.
There, too, is the Common with its fine
trees placarded with latin proper names, its
we'll kept walks and easy benches; and
above all on fair eminence at the centre
stands marble image of "boy in blue"
ON pedestal which seems to rise from the
tree top; but closer inspection shows ITS
handsome base, and beaming inscriptions
which tell of the grateful remembrance Of
the state to her loyal sons.
Then too, it would seem that the majesty
of the common wealth would hold supervis-
ion over these hallowed grounds, for high
above all, and beyond the Common enclos-
ure, the copper covered dome of the State
House rises in supreme majesty. which I'M
der the bright sunlight seems to reflect a
golden image to the background of this his
torical spot.
Adjoining the Common is the Public
Garden, with its lake and choice flowers SC
beautifully arranged, but here we approach
modern ground and must turn our eyes
down that wide avenue with its central
park, where the magic wand Of art has
brought forth on either side such beautiful
homes as are seen on Comm onwealth Ave.
to-day. We will not take in Common.
wealth Ave. to-day, it is too long, beside
the "Vendome" is too costly for a resting
place, and only a few steps will take us to
a red granite station near by-Abraham
Lincoln breaking the shackles of slavery
then with permission we will stroll along
Washington St.
Washington St. is always thronged and
difficult to travel through, but now one has
an excellent opportunity 10 study the peo
Pile individually and collectively, who make
up this great city.
Here, perchance we may meet such
shining lights of the great literary world as
james Russell Lowell Oliver Wendell
Holmes, Z. B Aldrich, Harriet Beechel
Stowe, J. G. Whittier, and score of othe,
and intellectual looking people, male and
female, who may rightfullv claim special
honors in this line.
This is the 'Athens of America" and
every pnlsaion of the heart of ''Fair Har-
ward" sends rich blood into the veins and
arteries of this broad land, enricnng the
literary wealth of Boston. and, producing
specimens of the genus crank in spectacles
and corkscrew curls, too wise to venture
forth without weighty manuscripts to keep
them to this mundane sphere.
The sporting world great and small are
oft times to be seen in the throng on this
great tho.oughfare, for aside from the ex-
cellencies of her literary institutions Bos-
ton supports her share Of the sporting
world, and "ten thousand dollar Mike be-
side"
There is solidity in all things here
about that is strikingly charact erstic of
the people but somehow fail to observe
that warmth of genial undercurrent that
flows like the gulf stream, through the
ocean of humanity south of us, but this is
all due to the high pressure mode of exist
ence in vogue in the New England of to-
day trying to ont yankee" the ''Yankee."
Somehow, the designs of the Thistle
were published in the Globe before they
we're given to the English readers, a stroke
of ineq ualhy that failed to startle anyone
hereabout, but surely caused surprise on
the other shore.
The twenty pfge editions of the Herald
and GlObe,-on Sunday-make up fund
of reading matter that for excellence and
cheapness cannot be surpassed. Books are
becoming drug ON the market by reason
of the newspaper enterprise and excellence
here notice that the editor
of the JOURNAL" recognizes the fact by
the neatness and excellence of the last
number to hand-and altered to the public at
such reasonable rates. All outdoors
should have key, and the front door of
Boston was unlocked by the event that
reared Bunker Hill Monument, and ! may
or may not be wholly ksy-rect in the as
G.. P. w.